Australian Athletics Team Explained

The Australian Athletics Team, also known as the Australian Flame since 2009,^[1] represents Australia in international athletics competitions. The team participates in a variety of global multi-event athletics competitions, including the Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships, and the Commonwealth Games. Australia also competes in specific event world championships such as the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

The team has a rich history of success, with numerous athletes having been inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame, including Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Betty Cuthbert, and Marjorie Jackson.^[2] In 2000, Athletics Australia established its own Hall of Fame.^[3]

The team has a presence in the Paralympic Games and the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Olympic Games

See also: Australia at the Olympics.

See also: List of Australian Olympic medallists in athletics.

As of the 2024 Olympics, there have been fifteen gold medallists: Edwin Flack (dual), Nick Winter, John Winter, Marjorie Jackson (dual), Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (triple), Betty Cuthbert (four), Norma Croker (Relay), Fleur Mellor (relay), Herb Elliott, Ralph Doubell, Maureen Caird, Glynis Nunn, Debbie Flintoff-King, Cathy Freeman, Steve Hooker, Sally Pearson and Nina Kennedy.

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1896	2	0	0	2	2
1900	0	0	3	3	9
1904	0	0	0	0	-
1908	0	0	0	0	-
1912	0	0	0	0	-
1920	0	1	0	1	10
1924	1	0	0	1	5
1928	0	0	0	0	-
1932	0	0	0	0	-
1936	0	0	1	1	14
1948	1	3	2	6	6
1952	3	0	1	4	3
1956	4	2	6	12	3
1960	1	2	1	4	7
1964	1	1	4	6	8
1968	2	3	1	6	4
1972	0	2	0	2	12
1976	0	0	0	0	-
1980	0	1	0	1	12
1984	1	1	1	3	10
1988	1	1	0	2	7
1992	0	0	2	2	29
1996	0	2	0	2	28
2000	1	2	0	3	13
2004	0	1	2	3	9
2008	1	2	1	4	8
2012	2	1	0	3	8
2016	0	1	1	2	17
2020	0	1	2	3	27
2024	1	2	4	7	10

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics

See also: Australia at the World Championships in Athletics.

As of the 2023 World Championships, there have been eleven world champions: Robert de Castella, Cathy Freeman (dual), Jana Pittman (dual), Dmitri Markov, Nathan Deakes, Steven Hooker, Dani Samuels, Sally Pearson (dual), Kelsey-Lee Barber (dual), Eleanor Patterson and Nina Kennedy.

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1983	1	0	0	1	11
1987	0	2	0	2	16
1991	0	0	0	0	-
1993	0	1	0	1	23
1995	0	1	1	2	27
1997	1	1	2	4	13
1999	1	1	2	4	15
2001	1	0	2	3	18
2003	1	0	0	1	14
2005	0	0	1	1	35
2007	2	0	0	2	7
2009	2	0	2	4	10
2011	1	1	1	3	8
2013	0	2	1	3	16
2015	0	2	0	2	20
2017	1	1	0	2	12
2019	1	0	0	1	17
2022	2	0	1	3	6
2023	1	2	3	6	12

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IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics

As of the 2014 World Championships, there have been seven world indoor champions: Michael Hillardt, Kerry Saxby, Melinda Gainsford, Tamsyn Lewis, Steven Hooker, Fabrice Lapierre and Sally Pearson.

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1985	1	0	1	2	13
1987	0	0	0	0	-
1989	1	0	0	1	10
1991	0	1	0	1	17
1993	0	3	1	4	15
1995	1	0	0	1	11
1997	0	1	0	1	21
1999	0	1	0	1	20
2001	0	0	1	1	26
2003	0	0	0	0	-
2004	0	0	0	0	-
2006	0	0	0	0	-
2008	1	0	1	2	8
2010	2	0	1	3	5
2012	1	1	0	2	8
2014	0	1	0	1	24
2016	0	1	0	1	19
2018	0	0	0	0	-
2022	0	1	1	2	22
2024	1	0	0	1	9

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Commonwealth Games

See also: Australia at the Commonwealth Games.

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1930	0	3	1	4	6
1934	1	1	2	4	5
1938	6	11	12	29	2
1950	15	8	5	28	1
1954	6	3	4	13	2
1958	10	6	6	22	1
1962	12	12	13	37	1
1966	11	8	2	21	1
1970	10	9	3	22	1
1974	8	7	7	22	2
1978	6	11	7	24	2
1982	9	9	4	22	2
1986	9	5	12	26	3
1990	10	11	5	26	2
1994	13	7	4	24	1
1998	13	10	11	34	1
2002	9	9	10	28	2
2006	16	12	13	41	1
2010	11	6	3	20	2
2014	8	1	3	12	3
2018	13	13	10	36	1
2022	10	10	4	24	1

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IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1986	1	1	1	3	11
1988	0	2	0	2	16
1990	2	2	2	6	7
1992	0	3	1	4	17
1994	2	1	0	3	8
1996	1	2	7	10	12
1998	1	1	2	4	11
2000	2	1	2	5	7
2002	0	1	2	3	25
2004	0	0	3	3	31
2006	2	0	1	3	8
2008	0	0	1	1	34
2010	0	0	1	1	39
2012	0	3	2	5	23
2014	0	1	1	2	26
2016	0	3	1	4	21
2018	2	3	0	5	7

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IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1999	2	0	1	3	8
2001	3	3	1	7	4
2003	2	1	2	5	8
2005	2	3	2	7	8
2007	1	1	2	4	10
2009	0	1	0	1	27
2011	1	2	1	4	13
2013	3	0	2	5	4
2015	0	2	2	4	21

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Paralympic Games

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
	2	3	0	5	7
	7	7	5	19	4
	3	4	4	11	9
	7	11	5	23	10
	8	9	17	34	12
	17	19	22	58	7
	14	19	20	53	7
	13	15	12	40	6
	19	12	12	43	3
	35	15	16	66	1
	10	12	10	32	2
	10	9	7	26	2
2012	5	9	13	27	10
2016	3	9	15	27	13
2020	4	7	8	19	11

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IPC Athletics World Championships

scope=col	Year	scope=col style=background-color:gold	Gold	scope=col style=background-color:silver	Silver	scope=col style=background-color:#CC9966	Bronze	scope-col	Total	scope-col	Gold Medal Rank
1994	24	20	12	56
1998	33	20	19	72
2002	10	13	10	33
2006	16	6	10	22
2011	8	8	7	23	9
2013	4	11	15	30	15
2015	8	4	10	22	9
2017	11	9	8	28	5
2019	9	6	10	25	7
2023	3	8	3	14	18

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See also

• Australian Paralympic Athletics Team
• Athletics in Australia

External links

• Athletics Australia International Results

Notes and References

1. Book: Athletics Australia . Annual report 2009-2010 . 2010 . Athletics Australia . Melbourne . 8 September 2015.
2. Web site: IAAF Hall of Fame . 8 September 2015 . IAAF website.
3. Web site: Hall of Fame . 8 September 2015 . Athletics Australia website.
4. Web site: Olympic Games. Athletics Australia Historical Results. 9 September 2015.
5. Web site: World Championships. Athletics Australia Historical Results. 9 September 2015.
6. Web site: World Indoor Championships. Athletics Australia Historical Results. 9 September 2015.
7. Web site: Athletics Results . Australian Commonwealth Games Association website . 9 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150917234600/http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/page/69/by-sports . 17 September 2015 .
8. Web site: Australia at the World Junior Championships. Athletics Australia. 22 September 2015.
9. Web site: Australian Performances at World Youth Championships. Athletics Australia. 22 September 2015.
10. Web site: Australia at the Paralympic Games. Athletics Australia. 22 September 2015.
11. Web site: Australia at the IPC World Championships. Athletics Australia. 22 September 2015.